MWR Navy Gateways RV Campground

Robert Mclaughlin

It is said you get what you pay for and at $25 a night you don't get much, it is run down and the restrooms on site are out houses. There is only electricity at the sight. There is a RV water fill station at the beach house and a dump station at the MER office parking lot. there is bathrooms, showers and laundry at the MER office, this is also the place you check in, about a mile from the campsite.

Bill Szabo

Nice location on the water. That's the only good thing I can say. It's full of fulltimers that live here permanently, one guy said he's been here 2 years. The fulltimers have the water view. Electric only, water and dump about a mile down the road. Grounds are unkept and dog feces all over even though there dog stations around. Sadly it looks like base command doesn't care about the campground.

Troy “TBones” Westbrook

Park has a ton of potential. However, staff has no pride of ownership and no work ethic. Watched an electrician fix a 20amp outlet and he left his trash on the ground when he was done. Simple RV Campground stuck out on the beach of Lake Michigan at the Great Lakes Naval Trng Station. You would think that a base dedicated to instilling pride in it's recruits would find it easy to care for this small 20 spot FamCamp. 20 electric only sites. No water, no sewer. They are both available but 1/2 mile from the park and they aren't in the same location and the dump station is difficult for big rig access. It would be easy to solve by adding sew/wat to the sites. Access is pretty easy but the road in the park is gravel and not cared for. Potholes galore. Big rigs beware. Also, each site suffers from lake affect issues. Meaning, when it rains a lake is formed in front of your rig. All of these are easily solved with #1 asphalt or #2 a grater from time to time. All that said, this is a beautiful location with tons to do. Which is why it got a 3 rating. It just needs some TLC from the NAF staff that "should" keep it "spit and polished" like the recruiters who are trained here. Come on, show the military personnel, veterans and civilians who visit your base and enjoy your grounds some pride in ownership. Come on Great Lakes...show us how it's done!

Gard “CampingCoastie.com” Snyder

The view of Lake Michigan is great! Making the reservation was simple. The camping spots are level. That is the good points. The spots are a bit on the small side, sadly only electric hookups, no water or dump. It still is a great place to stay, just that it could be a lot better. We have been to many FamCamps and this one is pretty much in the middle, many nicer, but many worser.

Christi Barron

Cramped spots that are all full with full timers who never leave . Mostly active duty folks. We reserved a spot and when we got there were told the computer was down so we could not stay until they fixed it. Took two days and we left before then. Quiet on base and close to everything. Just wish it wasn't full of permanent campers.